President Trump at a rally with supporters in Grand Rapids, Mich., on March 28. By Henry Olsen Henry Olsen Columnist focusing on politics, populism, and American conservative thought Email Bio Follow Columnist April 5 at 4:01 PM President Trump ran on a slogan of “Make America Great Again,” and for many of the blue-collar former Democrats who backed him, it meant “bring my job back again.
But as November’s midterm elections showed, that’s not the case. Educated suburbanites, who are benefiting nicely from the strong economy, nevertheless turned in droves against Trump’s Republican Party. Their revolt was driven by their dislike for the president personally, and it dragged down Republicans at all levels of government wherever these voters dominated.
The good news for Trump is in Wisconsin and Iowa. Wisconsin has boomed under Trump; its unemployment rate in February was a mere 3.3 percent. Iowa, meanwhile, was even lower at 2.7 percent. Both states have also seen a manufacturing renaissance, experiencing a significant uptick in the number of those coveted blue-collar jobs since January 2017. It should be no surprise, then, that these states were where Republicans performed relatively well in the midterms, with Iowa Gov.
But these economic figures are positively rosy compared to those in Michigan. As in Pennsylvania, Trump’s margin was large swings in blue-collar areas such as Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. He was the first Republican presidential candidate to carry either Saginaw County or Bay County since President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
He will not get Michigan. He should stay far away. Far away. Don’t waste time or resources with hate rallies here.
He better have a lot more problems.
And his mouth. realDonaldTrump POTUS WhiteHouse GOP GOPChairwoman GOPLeader
💯 prob I think
and the demon rats have just ONE big problem...President Trump! MAGA 2020!
No problem ,,we will vote for him again ,and we will convert others to !!
And Florida and Texas
Trumps overflow crowd in Michigan ( Boy they must really hate the president only 30,000 watched outside 20,000 inside and 100,000 applied for tickets). The only problem he has is TRUMP needs a much bigger stadium Everything the puts out is a LIE this is PROOF
And he lies
Good
Hear it all in 2016
3% gdp growth and sub 4% unemployment helps though, and won’t show in polls, just votes.
Yeah sure.
Democratic Party has one huge problem in 2020: President Trump
That's what Hillary Clinton thought.
Yea that's what you said in 2016. But I would expect this kind of rhetoric from the FAKE NEWS arm of the DNC
I am one of his problems. I live in PA, voted for him in 16, what a mistake, never again.
That means he'll be holding more hatred (red hat) rallies in these states. I don't want him to come here firing up the deplorables. Their rage, hate and racism increases exponentially after his hate fests. It's insane how they fawn over him like he's a golden calf.
He’s got more problems than that. This woman has a big problem with him & there are plenty more with me
So proud and happy to know PA is a problem to POTUS. I will work hard to see him loosing here!!
Gotta remind everyone of the dangers of the radical left. Cannot let current Democratic Party have power.
No problem. He has our votes.
Trumpeters: trump 2020 is happening Michigan: hold my Vernors
And the liberal echo box is 99% sure AGAIN Xanax for all
Humpty Trumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Trumpy had a great fall. All of his Republicans and all of his men, could not put Trumpty back together again!
It's about time. Glad PA is finally a problem for him. Enough dissent from GOP in outlying rural areas will help the cities carry the state to a Dem victory albeit as long as Russia doesn't come knocking again!
Let’s not run into conclusions very quickly, everything can still change !!!
The problem with this take is you haven't factored in that PA counties have ordered hybrid barcode voting machines that have been proven to be readily hacked with no paper trail.
America, please wake up. Become informed by reading the news, not watching Fox. Then you will know this Potus, lacks morals, lacks integrity, is a total conn job, and a p - - -y grabber. America can do better!
Donald will win in 2020.
The Democrats have 4 big problems in 2020..the lowest unemployment rate for women since 1953, more job openings than unemployed, a return of the manufacturing sector with high paying blue collar jobs, fastest rate of wage increases since 2000.
Let’s make all the problems worse.
Think again.
Also his personality
More than 2 problems
Yep he’s down 75 points in the polls 🙄🙄
His biggest problem is that many of his former voters have woken up and see the lies and damage he is doing to the working class. Trump is a conman! I will sit out the 2020 election. At this point it does not matter who the President is. There has been too much damage done!
We'll see!
Trump's got 99 problems and they're all felonies.
realDonaldTrump has bigger problems than MI &PA!!
Are you guys just going back to articles from four years ago and replacing '2016' with '2020'?
And himself...
Correction: His mismanagement and outright lies about what he is capable of doing has led him to have problems in those states. The states aren't the problem.
Speculation
Oh but closing the border and cutting off cars and parts will certainly seal the ArtOfTheDeal 😉
The biggest problem he has is :::::::: Himself the covfefe man
If you automatically believe the opposite of what the Washington Post says- you will be correct 87 percent of the time.
No, Trump's 2 big problems in 2020 is his mouth and his brain!
thanks for updates the washington post
russer if you're listening
WaPo has problems
You forgot about SDNY, Jared Kushner, CON Jr, and the rest of the Hee-Haw Crime Family!
big problems.... this two states was important for victory of trump... the white conservator and worker umemployed...ans still so depressing,,,
LMAO. Its 2016 all over again! Hows that blue wall doing? Do these idiots ever learn?
Who wants to bet against him winning again? 🤔
God's soldiers never afraid of defeat!
How not to say it on the nose, because it is survival of the most idiotic.
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